Amazing! Amish mules pull modern baler. Old-fashioned meets modern technology, aerial drone view.

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[@717DroneGuys]

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[@just-incase3483]

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[@spartaeus]

They probably think driving a tractor would lead to driving a car, or worse things.

[@Jimmy_in_Mexico]

I like the Amish and Menonite people. This video is interesting. I don't see what is gained by using mules to pull the bailer. If they are against electricity, then how does this electronic bailer function? They are splitting hairs. There are several sexts that have different values. Some have mules, some have tractors with steel wheels, and some have tractors and cars. I say it's what is in your heart and not what is forced upon you. But they are definitely hard working and some do work off their farms in construction and will use your electric tools but won't have any electric tools themselves. Very interesting.

[@johndevonald6677]

717 Drone Guys poor horses in this days and , they still have engine s driving their implement, poor sods what a dame. 😭 sad 😭 live 😭😭😭😭😤😤😱

[@ВасилинаНікітіна-ц5э]

Ну

[@MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato]

Great video, 50 years ago I helped the neighbor with farming with horses, I learned a lot of what my Granddad and Dad did on the same farm I was raised on.

[@giltk8258]

My Grandfather and my Dad had very well trained horses. From early 1900’s to 1965 those horses were the life line. Nice video. Good old mules.

[@Jared-91]

We have both Amish and German Baptists where I live.The Amish are just like this. The German Baptists dress exactly like amish, but they are completely modernized. They use tractors, cell phones, and can eat at restaurants and interact with society. Their personal vehicles however are always black or dark blue.

[@juliannedispain1637]

My grandpa used to use mules for plowing, etc. He was not a modern living man. He lived old ways which was the best way to live.

[@riazghuman8698]

Amish community is always amazing because of their way of life , Faith , traditions , living in a community where they help each other and in the heart of Capitalism and matirialistic USA , Amish people are satisfy with their life and always Grateful to God Almighty . May God Bless them always and everywhere .

[@zhp500]

The Amish are very capitalist. Very much smarter, not using debt to buy.

[@simony2801]

I hate to to rain on your parade but there no invisible best friend in the sky.

[@MegaGeorge1948]

The Amish are compromising more and more these days. The baler has an engine to operate the baler. All the mules do is pull the contraption. Also, the Amish farmer lets you video record him with the drone? Wow!

[@robertneven7563]

bloody good job, amish farmers

[@redchris1757]

The skill to manage a team of mules like that is pretty amazing. Why no tractor but other modern equipment I don't understand. Great video.

[@Rimrock300]

Guess it's something to do with keeping people at work on the farm, and under the control of the old boss. Tractors would have a too high effiency

[@agargoyle12345]

@@Rimrock300 No. But don't let your ignorance stop you... Different Amish groups allow different levels of technology, and at different times and for different reasons. They don't forbid things, they opt out of using things. In other words, if they need modern refrigeration to be able to sell milk, they'll use it. Whenever a new technology comes along, they test it out, and figure out what effect it'll have on their community, and decide if they want it or not. For example, they decided not to use cars because it caused them to spread out more. Phones, they got together as a group less because they didn't need to. But a lot of Amish have phones, they just don't use them. They have landlines on poles in the yard, where it's uncomfortable to use them, but they're there for emergencies. Same with cellphones, most of them around here keep a cellphone in the first aid kit. They use horses and mules because tractors don't breed or shit fertilizer.

[@gregholl5011]

@@agargoyle12345 you forgot the horses have GPS without satellites.

[@stanpeach866]

I visited some amish about 20 years ago. The pulled a cutting implement with their Belgians. The motor on the implement was removed but the transmossion remained in gear so as the tires rotated the shears operated (exactly opposite of the design from the 50s) The best part is at that time, 1998, inflated tires were a no-no...so the shredded old tires and used bailing wire to attach them to the wheels. So rubber shreds on a steel wheel, but not inflated. On the surface it seemed silly, but it made me look harder at all the rules (man made) my own church had and to study more of why. Legalism is used for one man to control another. God wants our hearts to be ruled by his Love!

[@Rimrock300]

God is just moving his head away from the Ipad know and then and looking down at the Amish, just shaking his head slowly from side to side 'oh well...maybe one day we have to sit down and have a talk'

[@michaelmoerbe8540]

I wondered why they didn't use the same things we did. I agree legalism will place you into a man made bondage whereas Christ set us free. It's all about that one on one relationship with Jesus even if we work using a mechanical harvester or not. I used to live in northern Indiana and I respected the Amish hard work and craftsmanship.

[@tombergman5419]

Beautiful animals

[@kuberchavare7274]

Good afternoon, very good idea to bailey the grass ,now all modern medicine same as old age, this video I like it very much thank you so much.

[@MrSanteeclaus]

The team moves right along with the baler

[@ddmddm6656]

I think the video is at 1.5 speed

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Dirk Martin at that speed they look like a Amish buggy horse- trotting along

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

You would think a tractor would be ok, obviously a gas engine running the baler and hay trailer, great video though.

[@KandiKlover]

Just use a steam tractor lol

[@risesinner]

Exactly. The logic does not make sense.

[@exposescriminals]

The cost of a tractor to pull that baler is $50,000.00. This cuts their cost for hay production dramatically.

[@bradobbink6564]

why not use a steam tractor to run the equipment and let the horses just pull the wagons.

[@Gugernoot]

@@exposescriminals try ten times less of that.

[@abdulaloun9550]

يعجبني في هذه الحياة الناس الطموحين ، اصحاب النظرات البعيده ، والاستعداد لما هو قادم لا محال ، فإن النعم لا تدوم

[@BRPFan]

Awesome video! Thanks!

[@SuperRks1]

Awesome New Holland baler !!!!

[@ddmddm6656]

New Holland sux

[@SuperRks1]

@@ddmddm6656 John Deere sux

[@nathanpoe2768]

I’m with the vast majority of the commenters it really makes no sense to use modern equipment with modern motors and modern hydraulics but draw the line with a tractor. My granddaddy helped an Amish man tear out all the plumbing and electrical from a house when he asked the Amish man why he would take out a perfectly good toilet to use an outhouse the Amish man replied, “why would you want to shit in your own house?”

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[@jasonferge3686]

Animals are the tractors god gave us. They fertilize my crops and my kids can play with them.

[@grzegorzaaaa8580]

Beautiful

[@gregmosk]

Great video of old and new technology working out just fine 👍

[@mehmetakifkarakaya3376]

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[@jorgefernandez6192]

Hola que bueno esta esto .los felicito soy de argentina de córdoba mil vendiciones

[@guilhermeferreira8288]

I miss Pennsylvania

[@lawrencefunk6520]

Smart smart people!.

[@АнтонГринюк-с7е]

Як би я хотів жити в такім Суспільстві..

[@peterdebures9784]

awesome ! thanx

[@Rimrock300]

God is moving his head away from the Ipad know and then and looking down at the Amish, just shaking his head slowly from side to side 'oh well, maybe one day we have to sit down and have a talk'

[@gregoriosanchez4044]

Me gusta mi amigo excelente excelente cuando se contamina el mundo si nunca

[@robertocortassa295]

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[@user-zu2bw7ig5v]

As green as that hay I assume it's baylage, I wonder how they're going to load it on the wrapper.

[@KoreanFarM-bj9cx]

Good 👍

[@georgew.5639]

There are a few Amish farmers using tractors in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.

[@buckhorncortez]

You should see them racing top fuel dragsters by pulling them through the 1/4 mile with horses...

[@CrackerFL]

I was wondering how he was going to get the rolls to the barn. Thks for an Awesome video!!! Nice music! Goes well with it!

[@dilnoorsingh8802]

I love you I am seeing and I am happy from my in side..... thanks for sharing this video.....

[@mervjb809]

I wasn't aware that mules and horses were Amish. When did they join the church? What are the beliefs of an Amish horse or mule? Do they sound different as well?

[@samueleicher1025]

Shame on you.

[@travnat1]

Doesn't make any sense to have horses pulling a combustion motor

[@dontreply898]

Yeah it's kinda redundant lol

[@KandiKlover]

Well actually you can get these bailers that look just like this but also in mechanical form.

[@farmcentralohio]

@DefinitelyNotDan you're as full of shit as the amish are

[@lordnessa5893]

Nate T. A part from beliefs, a new tractor is way more heavy. And that’s quite bad for the ground which will be squeezed and will become very hard: plants won’t grow as easy. That’s why some farmer use a small old tractor or even in some rare cases horses.

[@morningviewfarmclydepower1869]

does it make sense to have a tractor with an engine pulling a baler with an engine? many farmers do, I know why that makes sense, do you? it is strange that people waste time coming here to watch things they don't like and put others down, must have time on their hands, must be not working, living on welfare, I am grateful to live in a free country where I can put up hay the way I want to, I better get back to work, no unemployment check here, bless the men working in this video, and bless the trolls, may they find happiness in lifting others up

[@keithallsebrook2797]

Very eco friendly.

[@MrBer43]

He doesn’t have a problem with flats🙃

[@jankotze1959]

Very nice video

[@hermanbueckert1555]

😎

[@geraldpleckham8981]

They look like Jack's that are pulling the hay baler is that correct

[@knockingman7483]

i think if they leave a simple lifestyle, their community will soon be the most advance and the most richs

[@KlineDeere]

Anyone know if that bale wagon is a sunny hollow model?

[@Tngoat]

Some Amish use a tractor but it has to have steel wheels and steel tread or cleats .

[@adamkruskama8455]

Why? The baler and the baler cart have rubber tires? We have mennonites near me can’t watch tv but watch dvds on a laptop... bunch of man made rules about nothing. Their wood working is pretty good though.

[@danielwolfe8]

And the Lord said,"thou shalt not have more than 6 horsepower pulling your equipment". He never specified the size of the horses.

[@southernwulf530]

Personally I think current horse power should be reworked. Cuz a 1 horse power engine ain't gonna do the same as a horse. Like when the engine can pull a rock or something up a small slope like a horse can then it should be 1 horse power

[@123klaas]

@@southernwulf530 1 horse power is the force that's needed to pull an object of 80KG 1 meter in 1 second. No idea how that's related to a horse, who can use its own weight though...

[@damianbuzon8119]

very smart

[@jimbobojim4634]

Can use an engine to power the baler, but can't use a tractor.

[@CrackerFL]

Tractors are VERY expensive! Go price a medium to large tractor, not cheap!

[@jimbobojim4634]

@@CrackerFL I'll just take this moment to point out the obvious.... If you can afford THAT baler, you can afford the tractor to pull it.

[@brandoncaldwell95]

@@jimbobojim4634 That baler is in the 30k mark. The tractor required is in the 60k to 100k mark.

[@jimbobojim4634]

@@brandoncaldwell95 let's see, 20k for horses, 30k for baler, and at least 250k for the land, but can't afford a 70k tractor. And that's too of the line. Go buy a beat assed 70 series ford for 10k

[@brandoncaldwell95]

@@jimbobojim4634 Ok, firstly, theres 5 mules and a horse. Bot that matters much on price, but mules are cheaper. Secondly it depends on their "Ordnung" aka order. They have adapted to the use of mechanical power but still may forbid the use of tractors. This is gmdue to the preassure he community has done for larger land acerages that cant be covered completely. With that said, depends on the their Ordnung to what can and cant be used. Some communities may allow tractors but forbid rubber wheels. Others allow power equipment but require them to be horse drawn. It all comes down the the council and the Ordnung.

[@thomasengsall4484]

i wonder if i 4 horse power tracter could to the same job

[@anthonythorp7291]

Ha ha, nope. (50 hp would)

[@genechronister7085]

Nice vid!

[@billfritts674]

Do they move the bales with a tractor??? Dont get it...

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[@alanhill4334]

Are some of those horses mules ?

[@geraldlooman7130]

Where do you get a trailer like that

[@MrPontificator]

The mules are Amish? Are you sure?

[@stepabove2136]

What size baler was that?

[@jasonwilliams3223]

Amish ppl are very odd,. It's ok to use a gas engine to power a baler but a tractor to do the same thing is wrong....

[@tractorboy31]

They have rubber tires on baler but not the bale mover??

[@brandoncaldwell95]

It lookse custom made not bought.

[@agargoyle12345]

It might very well be rented.

[@deanguando1335]

Don't try to figure these people out. That's what I told an old time farmer when he constantly would scratch his head over their "principles".

[@semiretired6033]

These ppl are conflicted!!! Pulling modern equipment with horses! Get over it already and stop pretending!! You know you want to!!!

[@edwardzweiacher6005]

very green hay

[@alexveldhuis6004]

It's silage, pickled rather than dried.

[@mady383]

powered by Briggs & Stratton

[@Kombajnistazbizona]

Thats why modern B&S engines today are turd.

[@elephantcompany6061]

At this point, why not use a tractor? Why why why? Horse pulled cart with engine?

[@rustysdirtworks8398]

Whats the point, they use a modern gasoline or deisel engine to power the very modern hay bailer, I think this would be considered hypocrisy,

[@steveluepke9654]

I agree. If an engine is ok use a tractor

[@ramshackleshack751]

Where the hell is PITA?!? This is slavery. Buy a damn tractor. Cheaper than feeding 30 horses

[@cooliobob1274]

@Have_At_IT All people are hypocrites. Every last one em.

[@rustysdirtworks8398]

Gabriel Totu you dont need one for a tractor

[@ericm.3791]

It’s impressive to see his ability to control his horses that well. I would imagine that it is harder than using a tractor.

[@skidoorulz4914]

Mules! Big difference

[@favorit926vario5]

Crazy

[@edcrego7978]

I've seen a JD tractor large one at that with steel wheels and lugs in Lancaster PA go figure that one!

[@yamahog7997]

Most likely a Mennonite farm. Alot of Mennonite farms in the Kutztown area and they have steel wheels.

[@bschecker7812]

Myself I like Oxen. When their feet go bad you can just eat them.

[@djzog-z935]

so..they transfer their food :D

[@raymondpeace7126]

How many horses to run the mixer wagon

[@lifeiswhatyoumakeit5505]

Where on the horse do you plug the hydraulic pipes in?

[@elephantcompany6061]

Thats what horse nipples are for.

[@jamescolchin6627]

It is a steering wheel problem cant have that part

[@Panhandlefarmer1999]

Wonder if they knew you were filming them

[@717DroneGuys]

Yes, we always ask for permission before flying.

[@brittenv1000]

You sure that's 540 on the PTO?

[@risesinner]

Awesome!! That said, they are pretty much pulling a gas operated tractor with horses. The logic does not make sense.

[@Сабыр-ж3н]

🤝👍

[@darylsmioth1904]

Might as well just use a real tractor when your cheating like that but in the end the mule team was just plain awesome to watch.

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

A tractor might do the work, but is much more expensive than the draft horses. Ground-driven Power Take off would be ideal, but doesn't work with the big round-baler.

[@jrod264winmag]

A small 70 hp tractor is cheaper than all of those draft horses and mules once you figure in vet bills, ferrior, vactionations and the amount of hay they eat. They can farm 10x faster with a tractor as well.

[@123klaas]

@@jrod264winmag Would they vaccinate those mules though? Given their ways of living outside society? The hay they can produce themselves and I don't think there is an vet coming in too often. If you live off the land, you don't need medical care that much.

[@maddog2771]

They can give it up now and come in to the 21st century

[@nicolaypol]

Pourquoi ne pas mettre les chevaux sur une remorque tirée par un tracteur, tant qu'à faire ??

[@sandrobaronio5550]

Scusate bel video bravissimo chi guida i cavalli ma che senso ha se per fare andare il mezzo anno un motore ,,,,,che differenza c'è col trattore

[@fab8657]

Sono amish...

[@alexanderpineda9389]

Shalon Amis vendicion de Dios 1the Quee 18:44 .genesis 2:8. 👍😆✌ .

[@бадик-ш9б]

Зачем лошадей мучить когда можно было за какую нибудь машину прикупить и катать туда сюда.

[@АлексейНовиков-щ8ь5ч]

это к тому что от чего ушли к тому раноли поздно опять вернемся

[@frankglover1554]

It really makes no sense to bail and haul hay using modern equipment and still use horses to pull the equipment .. Use a modern tractor with no cab ..

[@KandiKlover]

Or a stream tractor lol

[@alanoneill9961]

Can anyone plzz tell my why Amish people are not allowed use tractors or cars??

[@samedamnguy3379]

Because that's the cults rule.

[@alanoneill9961]

SameDamn Guy that's mad. But like what is the thinking behind it do they think tractors are evil or what??

[@agargoyle12345]

It's not a cult. When an Amish kid opts not to join the church, they help them get established in the mainstream world. Not 'cult' behavior. To get the Amish, you have understand that they're more concerned about the effect things have on them than production oriented. They don't use things that their community decided was having a negative effect on the group. When new tech comes along, they test it out and decide if they'll use it and how much. In the case of cars, it lead to their communities spreading out more. So, they went back to horse and buggy. Unless they have someone in the family with medical problems, where they'd need to get them to an emergency room, in which case they'll have a car tucked away behind the barn... If they need to go into a city, they hire a non-Amish neighbor to drive them. Likewise phones. They often have landlines on a pole in the yard, for emergencies, and keep cellphones in first aid kits, but otherwise don't use them, because it led to getting together less as a group. A lot of farmwork is very lonely and isolating. That's not good for you. Historically, you got a bit of relief from it because some jobs you had to come together as a group to get accomplished. So, it made you rely on each other and pulled the community together. Labor-saving technology wiped out a lot of that, making farmers more isolated. They're avoiding that by not using some of it.

[@Amaranthian450]

Why not just use the engine to turn the tires on a tractor to pull the baler and spin the pto also. Two birds with one stone

[@farmcentralohio]

don't let them fool you, they're just to cheap to buy a tractor

[@davidmartin8129]

No you're wrong about that. The price of a good mule or work horse is $4500-$5000 each so if you take that times 6 cause that's how many are hitched plus the cart with the power unit is another $10,000-$12,000. You can buy a good tractor for a lot less than all that

[@farmcentralohio]

@@davidmartin8129 lol nice try. most amish don't go out and buy $5000 dollar mules or horses, they raise them from young and train them. so, your point doesn't mean much. and you should check the price of a new farm tractor, not hobby tractor. new is at least $60,000.

[@farmcentralohio]

@@davidmartin8129 btw, i've grown up among the amish. argue with me all you want, it won't get far.

[@davidmartin8129]

@@farmcentralohio well I have lived all my life amongst the amish and I have amish neighbors right across the road from me plus I go to most of the amish horse auctions and I know exactly what they pay for their horses and the power carts. Yes a new tractor does cost 60g but you can buy very good used tractors for $20,000-$30,000 . And only a few of the amish actually raise their own mules. I live right in the hub of Lancaster county Pennsylvania I know all about the amish and mennonites and their lifestyles for I am a mennonite myself. So please don't try to tell me anything for I know the facts and the reasons behind them. Good day

[@noname-zs4ev]

Also raising animals properly is expensive and labor-intensive in itself so even if they raise them themselves the argument holds stand.

[@howardrunser9312]

That hay is really green; not dry enough, It will either mold or if stored in a barn, self combust. Don't ask me how I know.

[@jeremyfreeman717]

It’s baleage it’s going to be wrapped in plastic

[@cooliobob1274]

@@jeremyfreeman717 That's seals in even more heat and gasses.

[@steelersfan6290]

Howard Runser that's how it's done Don't ask me how I know

[@prokhorbykov5848]

Мне кажется содержание 1 лошадки дороже чем содержание 1 небольшого трактора.

[@agargoyle12345]

Извините, если Google перевести кадетские это. Они не используют тракторы (или автомобили), потому что они избегают различных типов технологий. Они не используют тракторы, потому что они сжимают почву, не делают удобрения в свободное время, вы не можете разводить трактор, и главным образом потому, что работать вместе, чтобы получить большие рабочие места сельского хозяйства укрепляет сообщество.

[@simonharries1295]

why not a steam tractor, if the idea of a fuel tractor is so wrong

[@reddirtfarm7704]

Looks like it's going to get very HOT!!

[@hattifattener1]

they need to mount a front loader on mule

[@Gugernoot]

A horse powered stationary baler makes more sense than this.

[@Th3_bottom_ofth3_barrel]

I believe there minanights not Amish that's why there usesing modern equipment

[@breath711]

Definitely not Mennonites because Mennonites actually use tractors. I should know because in Ohio where I live they are all around us, the Amish and the Mennonite.

[@chuck7476]

It would be much cheaper to use a small tractor around 70 hp to bale that feild than to feed 6 mules

[@bschecker7812]

This is cool as hell! John Deere salesman put out more horse shit that this hitched team. Some day we might all be glad that a group of farmers led the way to a sustainable way of farming. That said I'd buy a tractor pre computer. The Devil is in the wire harnesses.

[@jamesblade6684]

It’s only sustainable until the fuel for the engine powering the baler runs out!

[@bschecker7812]

@@jamesblade6684 I understand what your saying, but imagine if this caught on. The next tractor you buy won't need to be 120hp. Hell in a pinch you could hook up to a one ton pickup truck. Instead of having all your equipment down the next time your 50 series JD goes down, you can simply hook up that old 70hp tractor that you have not been able to use in years. I'm just saying you never know where the next great idea will come from. Heck you might be able to rent these balers in the future. Perfect for the guy with less than a hundred acres.

[@jamesblade6684]

BS Checker The next tractor l buy will be in the 250 - 350hp range! I don’t think fannying around, feeding, watering and hitching up mule teams is going to get the job done. This method of farming is only sustainable if 90% of the world’s population don’t mind starving.

[@bschecker7812]

Your commercial farming! That's a whole different world. Thanks for feeding the world.

[@grzegorzaaaa8580]

@@jamesblade6684 leftist dumbness

[@moofymoo]

nobody making amish friendly balers :(

[@glennlathem9772]

You better insure the hay for 50$ A BALE she's goin to burn. Hey the tractor is at the barn to put the hay in.

[@guadalupesalazar1073]

I think it has something to do with NOT powering the wheels to roll on the ground. God's green earth, violated ?